Poetry Comparison Essay 2 Lessons - Hurricane Hits England v Search For My Tongue

Poetry Comparison Planning Lesson (1)

L.O’s > To be able to identify similarities and differences
between two poems

To create a plan for a poetry comparison essay
To complete oracy task comparing two poems we have studied verbalising responses

Knowledge/recall of ingredients of a thesis statement

Using STAR feedback to improve their writing
Revisit the structure of the GCSE question
Revisit and model ingredients of a thesis statement adding comparative element
Model comparative language topic sentence

Poetry Comparison Writing Lesson (2)

To write a comparative thesis and paragraph

Write a comparative thesis statement

Make a comparative point about language use in poetry in response to a GCSE style task

Write a comparative paragraph analysing the use of language Recall of writers’ techniques

Embedding knowledge of poems

Improving analytical writing

Model a comparative language paragraph

(Includes copies of both poems and an LA - lower ability adapted version)